title: [Women in veterinary medicine--thoughts on the possibility of integration in the professional world].
abstract: In this article an attempt was made to analyze the professional situation of women in Switzerland. Although over 70% female students are registered in both Colleges of Veterinary Medicine in Switzerland, there are still very few women working full time in their later career. Furthermore, only very few female veterinarians are represented in higher positions, either in academia, industry or as head of private hospitals. Even though the professional environment would welcome those female students, it seems that other than professional reasons may be involved in this discrepancy. Family traditions, unrecognized patriarchal structures in education, but also in philosophical and psychological traditions may be responsible for the deep conflict between the external modern environment and the inner values of women, creating an unsurmountable obstacle for women to combine a successful professional and private life. Ideas of how this could be arranged are presented.
authors.affiliation: Veterinärchirurgische Klinik, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: von Rechenberg
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D013557:Switzerland; D018634:Veterinarians; D014931:Women, Working
vernacular_title: Frauen in der Veterinärmedizin--Gedanken zur Möglichkeit der Integration in die Berufswelt.